![]() ![]() Additionally, they were heavy compared to the competition even when fitted with special aluminum blocks instead of the road-going cast iron. The Audis had been fast but also a bit prone to understeer – something that won’t surprise anyone who has driven a 1980s Audi. The competition was lighter and much better balanced than the Audi was, and all-wheel drive was no longer the trump card. That matched Peugeot’s effort with the 205 Turbo 16, a mid-engined turbocharged and super-balanced all-wheel drive hatch. ![]() Lancia went from the nutty but awesome and pretty 037 to the much nuttier, much less pretty but significantly faster Delta S4 a mid-engined turbocharged and supercharged all-wheel drive wonder. By 1984 the writing was on the wall, and the wild formula called Group B was mutating cars as if they had been supplied nuclear-tainted drinking water. ![]()
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